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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957906203321

Autore

Crane Diana <1933->

Titolo

Social Aspects of the Prolongation of Life

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York], : Russell Sage Foundation, , 1969

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

&copy; 1969

ISBN

9781610448062

1610448065

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

National poverty series on poverty and public policy

Disciplina

362.5560973

Soggetti

Terminal care - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 26-28.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Legacies of the War on Poverty / Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger ; Part I. Increasing Human Capital, Employment, and Earnings; Chapter 2. Head Start Origins and Impacts / Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas L. Miller ; Chapter 3. The K-12 Education Battle / Elizabeth Cascio and Sarah Reber ; Chapter 4. Supporting Access to Higher Education / Bridget Terry Long ; Chapter 5. Workforce Development Programs / Harry J. Holzer ; Part II. Raising Incomes and Living Standards

Chapter 6. The Safety Net for Families with Children / Jane Waldfogel Chapter 7. The Safety Net for the Elderly / Kathleen McGarry ; Chapter 8. Performance and Legacy of Housing Policies / Edgar O. Olsen and Jens Ludwig ; Part III. Improving Access to Medical Care and Health; Chapter 9. Health Programs for Non-Elderly Adults and Children / Barbara Wolfe ; Chapter 10. Medicare and Medicaid / Katherine Swartz ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A volume of the Russell Sage Foundation's Social Science Frontiers , occasional publications reviewing new fields for social science development.This paper explores the links between the social and biomedical sciences concerning the prolongation and termination of life, with the aim to stimulate scholars, foundations, and government agencies to.